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19 Entertainment is a music-focused television production company owned by Sony Pictures Television through its nonfiction division (Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction). Founded by Simon Fuller in London in 1985, it is best known for originating the global Pop Idol/American Idol franchise — sold to more than seventy countries — and for co-producing So You Think You Can Dance. The company also operates music division arms 19 Recordings, 19 Publishing, and 19 Management, supporting artists who launched careers through American Idol, with a distribution partnership through BMG and a joint publishing venture with Reservoir Media.